Beaver invasion risks releasing greenhouse gas from Arctic ice
A booming beaver population is reshaping vast tracts of the Arctic landscape, a study has shown.
Satellite images have revealed that they are moving into new territories as warmer temperatures allow vegetation to colonise previously barren low Arctic tundra, providing them with food and building materials.
In turn, their dam-building threatens to accelerate the thawing of permafrost, according to research published yesterday in the journal Environmental Research Letters.
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